New Zealand's financial watchdog has issued a warning about an embattled internet scheme founded by an Australian with a colourful past. 

Police say a 20-year old woman was treated by paramedics but could not be revived.

A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a man was found dead following reports of an assault in a car park on a Charlestown shopping strip.

Wildlife carers are investigating after turtles with unusual symptoms washed ashore at several popular swimming spots north of Newcastle.

Norwegian diver Jon Birger Karlsen has been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison over an 80kg cocaine haul hidden on the hull of bulk carrier MV Stalo in Port of Newcastle in 2023.

A Newcastle homebirth midwife has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a baby on October 10 last year with police alleging she failed to act upon signs of complications.

Newcastle man Peter James Bowman has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years' jail for exposing his genitals to 22 school girls over two years.